Quick CD copy question

[Condon Thomas A KPWA]

Net Llama! wrote:
> On Mon, 28 Apr 2003, Condon Thomas A KPWA wrote:
>> Net Llama! wrote:
>>> On 04/25/03 18:17, Bill Campbell wrote:
>>>> Can I quickly create an ISO image from a CD using something like
>>>> this or is it more complicated?
>>>> 
>>>> 	dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/tmp/image.iso
>>> 
>>> that's all it takes!
>> 
>> What would be different for a DVD?
> 
> i'm not entirely sure, but i don't think it would work.  i've had
> excellent success ripping DVDs with DVD::Rip & transcode (see the SxS
> that i wrote).  If it was as simple as just using dd, trust me, i
> would have (and no one would have bothered with the other tools).
> 
> for starters, you
> can't use cdrecord to burn DVDs. i think the UDF filesystem (that DVDs
> use) is part of the reason.  see:
> http://fy.chalmers.se/~appro/linux/DVD+RW/
> http://www.nongnu.org/dvdrtools/
> http://acd.ucar.edu/~fredrick/linux/dvd/
> http://lists.suse.com/archive/packet-writing/2003-Jan/0001.html

Thanks, Llama.  Now if I can just get the TiBook to quit auto playing (and
ejecting if you stop the playing)...


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Tom  :-})

Thomas A. Condon
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